Monday, October 26, 2009

Tonight's blog doesn't really go along with to much from class besides the fact that we go to a christian college. This past weekend was the next step to our week long fire fall, called "whats next?". The turn out was incredible and you could tell God had his hand on the whole day right away. Many different groups from the school showed up; athletic teams, events committees, professors and so on.

The day started with everyone meeting between Bethany and Bauer, followed by a prayer. Everyone then broke up into groups and dispersed amongst lakeland to serve the city. My group went in to the local neighbor hoods and picked up trash. Theres not a whole lot more humbling then that. It felt good though; people stopped and asked what we were doing and why. It sparked some good conversations with people we might of never talked to unless we were picking trash up in their front yard.

One lady asked us if we were on parole; it was kind of funny, but when she found out we were doing it purely out of the goodness of our heart, she was blown away. I think so many time we get all gun hoe on going overseas to third world countries and reaching people from around the world that we lose sight of how bad it is right here, in America. In our own back yard. It really hit home to see some of the kids running around there yards with next to nothing on; and what they did have on, it was all torn up.

Our group challenged ourselves to put together an event that brings the children from the community to campus for a sports clinic or what ever. Just serve the community in anyway we can!

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